On Aug 31, 12:50 pm, wrote:
On Aug 31, 8:48 am, cjcampbell
wrote:



To whomever suggested that my atrial fibrillation might be a sign of a
thyroid condition, thanks. As it turned out, it is Graves disease,
something that the FAA can work with.

One symptom of Graves is increased irritability which, thankfully, has
not been bothering me. Seems to bother everybody else, though. :-)

It also can cause you to lose weight (unfortunately, in my case, I am
experiencing a very rare weight gain -- and will probably gain weight
again in a couple months as the disease is brought under control). At
least my eyes don't bug out like Marty Feldman's (he had Graves). Good
thing, too, or it could cause double vision. It does make me very
sensitive to heat, something which was bothering me a great deal in
the Philippines.

Indications are that the condition is probably not permanent and might
even go away on its own.

CJ,

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Be sure to eat healthy, that
never hurts. Will you be able to keep flying? Is having the FAA
"work with it" mean you won't lose your medical?


Yeah. But I might have to take a stress test and EKG for a few years.

Watch out for the Broncos! They are coming your way after warming up
with a 56-7 win over Weber State. The score would have been higher,
but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th string players all got lots of time in the
second half (it was 49-0 at the end of the 1st half).

Dean

So, what. They finally lent Weber a few players so they could get on
the scoreboard? :-)